Surely 't is better, when summer is over To die when all fair things are fading away.
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I'd be a butterfly born in a bower, Where roses and lilies and violets meet.
Permalink to quote #2 Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary, Power, alas! naught but misery brings!
Permalink to quote #3 Oh no! we never mention her, Her name is never heard; My lips are now forbid to speak That once familiar word.
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